title: Passage of tube per rectum: an unusual complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
abstract: A very rare complication of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is reported. The peritoneal catheter perforated the colon of a two-year-old child, causing diarrhoea which was misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis. The diagnosis became obvious when the catheter was extruded from the child's anus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male